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white spruce
noun
- a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
- the light, soft wood of this tree, used for pulp and in the construction of boxes, crates, etc.
white spruce
noun
- a N North American spruce tree, Picea glauca, having grey bark, pale brown oblong cones, and bluish-green needle-like leaves
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Word History and Origins
Origin of white spruce1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
The western white spruce is also much employed for various purposes.
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They are much larger than in our native species of Black and White Spruce.
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Andy dug around the white spruce tree and in a little while gathered a sufficient quantity of long string-like roots.
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After some search, however, they discovered a white spruce tree suitable for their purpose, with a trunk ten inches in diameter.
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We now substituted white spruce fir, which, when grown in these high latitudes, is an excellent wood for boat-building.
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